Directory of Coal Operators...Riola Mine P.O. Box 19 Catlin, IL 61817 Coal Miners Inc. Eagle Valley...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Directory of Coal Operators.............................................................................................
Directory of Coal Mines..............................................................................................
Statistical Information, 1996 - 2000................................................................................
Rank of Counties by Production, 1996 - 2000................................................................
Monthly Output of All Mines...........................................................................................
Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operating and
Number of Employees, 1930 - 2000........................................................................
Illinois Coal Mine Employment, 1996 - 2000.................................................................
Preparation Plants.......................................................................................................
Railroads Hauling Coal.................................................................................................
Average Man-shift Production (by County)............................................................
Physical Mine Characteristics................................................................................
Mode of Shipment.................................................................................................
Coal Production per Month by County...................................................................
Mine Employment and Production.........................................................................
Cumulative Production of Coal in Tons (by County).....................................................
Explosives Used in Blasting.........................................................................................
Method of Mining with Longwall Units..........................................................................
Method of Mining with Continuous Miners...................................................................
Directory of Coal Operators
Operators Main Office Address City and State
American Coal Co.101 Prosperous Place, Suite 125
Lexington, KY 40509
Big Ridge Inc. 29 West Raymond Street Harrisburg, IL 62946
Black Beauty Mining, Inc. P.O. Box 312 Evansville, IN 47702-0312
Coal Miners Inc. P.O. Box 444 Harrisburg, IL 62946
Consol Energy Inc. 1800 Washington Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15241
Freeman United Coal Mining Co. P.O. Box 4630 Springfield, IL 62708
Illini Energy Resources, LLC 6126 Sutter Road DuQuoin, IL 62832
Jader Fuel Co., Inc. P.O. Box 40 Herod, IL 62947
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC 984 E. Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907
Monterey Coal Co. 14300 Brushy Mound Rd. Carlinville, IL 62626
Old Ben Coal Co. P.O. Box 397 Coulterville, IL 62237
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart Mine Road Elkhart, IL 62634
United Minerals Co., LLC P.O. Box 400 Huntingburg, IN 47542
Wabash Mine Holding Co.. P.O. Box 144 Keensburg, IL 62852
White County Coal Corp. 1717 South Boulder Tulsa, OK 74119
Directory of Coal Mines
Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State
American Coal Co.Galatia Mine P.O. Box 727 Harrisburg, IL 62946
Big Ridge Inc.Big Ridge Mine 29 West Raymond Street Harrisburg, IL 62946
Black Beauty Coal Co.Wild Cat Hills Mine
1755 Kedron Road Equality, IL 62934
Black Beauty Coal Co.Riola Mine P.O. Box 19 Catlin, IL 61817
Coal Miners Inc.Eagle Valley Mine 999 Barrett Cemetery Rd. Equality, IL 62934
Consol Energy Inc.Rend Lake Mine P.O. Box 566 Sesser, IL 62884
Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Crown II Mine P.O. Box 347 Virden, IL 62690
Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Crown III Mine P.O. Box 259 Farmersville, IL 62533
Freeman United Coal Mining Co.Industry Mine P.O. Box 260 Industry, IL 61440
Illini Energy Resources, LLCRazorback Mine I P.O. Box 1523 Murphysboro, IL 62966
Illini Energy Resources, LLCRazorback Mine II P.O. Box 1523 Murphysboro, IL 62966
Jader Fuel Co., Inc.Mine #4 920 Gape Hollow Rd. Herod, IL 62947
Knight Hawk Coal, LLCCreek Paum Mine 984 East Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907
Monterey Coal Co.Mine #1 14300 Brushy Mound Rd. Carlinville, IL 62626
Old Ben Coal Co.Zeigler #11 Mine 13101 Zeigler 11 Rd. Coulterville, IL 62237
Directory of Coal Mines
Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State
Turris Coal Co.Elkhart Mine P.O. Box 21 Elkhart, IL 62634
Wabash Mine Holding Co.Wabash Mine P.O. Box 144 Keensburg, IL 62852
White County Coal Corp.Pattiki Mine P.O. Box 457 Carmi, IL 62821
Statistical Information
1996 - 2000
Statistical Information 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Counties and Mines
No. of Counties ProducingCoal
12 13 14 14 16
No. of Mines Operated 18 20 22 23 27
No. of Underground Mines 12 15 15 17 19
No. of Surface Mines 6 5 7 6 8
Output of Tons
All Mines 33,541,271 40,315,208 39,639,334 41,247,632 47,311,477
Underground Mines 29,731,399 36,678,684 35,224,573 34,978,132 39,715,690
Surface Mines 3,809,872 3,636,524 4,414,761 6,269,500 7,595,787
Employees
All Mines 3,461 3,675 4,259 4,377 5,008
Underground Mines 3,131 3,298 3,851 3,866 4,385
Surface Mines 330 377 408 511 623
Disposition of Tonnage
Via Railroad 12,300,780 19,264,891 16,896,183 21,200,780 26,530,816
Via Rail/Barge Combination 8,854,696 7,299,858 10,356,288 11,332,190 11,451,778
Via Truck 5,873,821 6,947,357 7,671,109 7,798,239 6,510,183
Via Truck/Barge or Truck/Rail 6,510,775 6,446,983 4,966,252 3,706,450 3,197,527
Casualties
No. of Fatal Accidents 2 1 0 1 1
Rank of Counties by Production
1996 - 2000
CountyRank
2000
Rank
1999
Rank
1998
Rank
1997
Rank
1996
Saline 1 10,468,952 1 10,324,928 1 8,942,479 1 8,279,964 1 8,548,832
Macoupin 2 6,338,014 2 6,279,730 2 5,775,412 2 6,477,763 3 5,454,416
Gallatin 3 3,199,508 4 3,394,972 6 2,826,372 10 1,562,594 9 1,995,208
Jefferson 4 2,739,424 3 3,760,617 3 4,097,120 4 4,335,833 4 4,299,026
White 5 2,442,334 9 2,327,101 9 2,129,324 8 2,008,790 11 1,796,342
Randolph 6 2,420,000 6 2,516,000 7 2,388,000 6 3,006,000 8 2,090,000
Logan 7 1,953,847 8 2,344,124 8 2,372,928 7 2,058,589 10 1,982,241
Wabash 8 1,505,399 10 1,295,750 10 1,389,309 9 1,588,024 7 3,239,695
Vermilion 9 995,000 11 921,526 11 795,040 11 635,443 17 123,262
Jackson 10 895,882 12 815,441 13 477,627 14 139,039
McDonough 11 506,629 13 504,984 12 495,031 12 596,375 14 532,585
Perry 12 76,282 7 2,435,616 5 3,476,030 3 6,103,017 2 7,059,999
Washington 5 3,394,719 4 4,065,151 5 3,995,220 5 3,673,750
Schuyler 14 409,511 13 460,981 15 417,043
Franklin 6 3,635,406
Clinton 12 1,700,977
Williamson 13 557,746
Fulton 16 204,949
Monthly Output of All Mines
1996 - 2000
Month 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
January 2,938,621 3,353,501 3,350,091 3,583,950 3,942,158
February 2,731,257 3,562,087 3,064,773 3,851,464 4,057,912
March 3,170,887 3,661,714 3,820,003 3,829,836 4,236,827
April 2,889,446 3,257,174 3,699,270 3,645,484 4,279,850
May 3,213,100 3,675,976 3,424,149 3,539,412 4,363,143
June 2,698,143 3,678,424 3,343,352 3,175,586 3,887,204
July 2,355,225 2,862,936 2,650,702 2,694,393 3,452,624
August 2,965,808 3,614,067 3,383,505 3,409,283 4,183,993
September 2,717,249 3,736,030 3,072,940 3,665,541 3,839,270
October 2,906,496 3,259,945 3,620,617 3,691,144 3,906,438
November 2,438,631 2,903,554 3,119,185 2,991,589 3,434,129
December 2,516,408 2,749,800 3,090,747 3,169,950 3,727,929
Totals 33,541,271 40,315,208 39,639,334 41,247,632 47,311,477
Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees
1930 - 2000
YearAll
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
Surface
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
U/G
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
1930 185 51,215 51,996,608 15 1,519 6,220,336 170 49,696 45,776,272
1931 167 47,024 43,073,058 15 1,591 6,576,677 152 45,433 36,496,381
1932 162 44,078 31,402,399 17 1,769 6,628,228 145 42,939 24,774,171
1933 159 40,660 35,390,677 20 1,890 5,599,006 139 38,770 29,791,671
1934 172 40,943 38,655,527 26 2,042 6,008,218 146 38,901 32,647,309
1935 182 40,496 41,410,414 28 2,338 7,088,104 154 38,158 34,322,310
1936 176 40,011 47,285,587 30 2,803 8,873,299 146 37,208 38,412,288
1937 168 38,553 48,062,076 30 3,133 11,176,074 138 35,420 36,886,002
1938 149 35,247 38,442,859 25 2,881 10,058,999 124 32,366 28,383,860
1939 146 33,034 42,994,107 26 2,854 11,295,547 120 30,180 31,698,560
1940 139 26,695 46,071,806 27 2,873 12,024,635 112 23,822 34,047,171
1941 143 30,258 51,033,319 30 3,169 13,367,089 113 27,089 37,666,230
1942 141 30,022 61,124,628 28 3,495 15,937,681 113 26,527 45,186,947
1943 141 28,753 68,971,621 26 3,431 15,484,712 115 25,322 53,486,909
1944 157 29,010 73,958,923 31 3,730 17,108,528 126 25,280 56,850,395
1945 159 28,198 70,322,301 37 3,481 16,203,763 122 24,717 54,118,538
1946 160 29,745 60,932,785 36 3,479 14,302,739 124 26,266 46,630,046
1947 160 29,594 64,612,627 38 3,702 17,827,339 122 25,892 46,785,288
1948 160 29,803 62,494,412 45 4,064 16,758,306 115 25,739 45,736,106
1949 157 28,520 44,772,617 45 4,248 12,835,980 112 24,272 31,936,637
1950 149 28,246 54,356,918 39 3,729 16,459,126 110 14,517 37,897,792
1951 136 26,936 52,595,098 33 3,429 17,289,932 103 23,507 35,305,166
1952 111 21,674 43,274,400 27 3,066 15,340,989 84 18,608 27,933,411
1953 97 17,201 43,847,321 29 3,076 15,495,734 68 14,125 28,351,587
1954 87 15,252 40,017,802 28 2,889 15,388,078 59 12,363 24,629,724
1955 85 12,418 43,880,729 35 2,879 17,353,630 50 9,539 26,527,099
1956 88 11,857 45,538,998 42 3,038 18,041,603 46 8,819 27,497,395
1957 92 11,604 44,532,214 50 3,154 18,439,200 42 8,450 26,093,014
Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees
1930 - 2000
YearAll
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
Surface
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
U/G
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
1958 85 10,313 41,856,967 49 3,402 19,318,772 36 6,911 22,538,195
1959 83 10,027 43,515,737 46 3,185 20,532,528 37 6,842 22,983,209
1960 78 9,772 43,703,382 40 3,168 20,946,982 38 6,604 22,756,400
1961 67 8,252 42,825,911 36 3,114 20,999,859 31 5,138 21,826,052
1962 62 7,892 45,262,974 37 2,984 22,482,457 27 4,908 22,780,517
1963 67 8,002 48,375,564 42 3,089 25,194,264 25 4,913 23,181,300
1964 68 8,225 51,888,467 40 3,091 27,863,966 28 5,134 24,024,501
1965 63 8,135 55,452,130 39 3,053 30,714,714 24 5,082 24,737,416
1966 56 8,298 59,261,953 35 3,143 33,726,863 21 5,155 25,535,090
1967 52 8,054 60,488,521 32 3,129 34,794,177 20 4,925 25,694,344
1968 48 8,547 57,670,671 25 3,173 34,142,920 23 5,374 23,527,751
1969 62 9,591 64,832,584 34 3,647 34,659,957 48 5,944 30,172,627
1970 64 10,214 64,884,103 35 3,429 33,268,533 29 6,785 31,615,570
1971 63 10,571 58,415,239 36 3,483 28,961,313 27 7,088 29,453,926
1972 59 11,237 65,521,394 33 3,367 33,805,599 26 7,870 31,715,795
1973 56 11,409 61,548,670 32 3,615 28,971,317 24 7,794 32,577,353
1974 55 12,467 58,072,640 32 3,749 26,968,528 23 8,718 31,104,112
1975 57 13,646 59,539,019 36 4,097 27,658,936 21 9,549 31,880,083
1976 62 14,731 58,136,144 39 4,335 27,224,448 23 10,396 30,911,696
1977 70 16,114 53,880,434 45 4,739 24,291,457 25 11,375 29,588,977
1978 71 17,861 48,744,149 43 5,241 23,854,568 28 12,620 24,889,581
1979 71 18,499 59,538,127 40 5,299 26,856,987 31 13,200 32,681,140
1980 66 18,284 62,542,417 35 5,065 27,573,744 31 13,219 34,968,673
1981 58 18,148 51,798,653 27 4,797 22,563,150 31 13,351 29,235,503
1982 61 14,950 61,428,170 28 4,396 25,744,299 33 10,554 35,683,871
1983 54 14,759 58,373,580 23 4,245 25,003,197 33 10,514 33,370,383
1984 52 14,803 65,289,191 21 3,946 25,343,704 31 10,857 39,945,487
1985 52 14,831 60,477,256 20 3,445 21,828,633 32 11,386 38,648,623
1986 51 13,549 63,233,302 20 3,170 22,301,678 31 10,379 40,931,624
Tons of Coal Produced, Number of Mines Operated and Number of Employees
1930 - 2000
Year All
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
Surface
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
U/G
Mines Persons
Tons
Produced
1987 47 12,188 60,761,368 19 2,925 21,572,898 28 9,263 39,188,470
1988 43 11,514 59,852,384 16 2,684 19,968,587 27 8,830 39,883,797
1989 42 11,105 60,131,053 15 2,376 19,603,356 27 8,729 40,527,697
1990 42 10,129 61,657,068 16 2,389 18,645,931 26 7,740 43,011,137
1991 44 9,667 60,035,515 15 1,823 15,903,062 29 7,844 44,132,453
1992 39 8,831 60,331,826 12 1,458 12,848,071 27 7,373 47,483,755
1993 37 7,389 42,143,821 12 1,148 7,936,760 25 7,389 34,207,061
1994 32 6,663 54,026,365 10 957 9,245,898 22 5,706 44,780,467
1995 28 5,663 49,537,182 8 764 6,878,172 20 4,899 42,659,010
1996 27 5,008 47,311,477 8 623 7,595,787 19 4,385 39,715,690
1997 23 4,377 41,247,632 6 511 6,269,500 17 3,866 34,978,132
1998 22 4,259 39,639,334 7 408 4,414,761 15 3,851 35,224,573
1999 20 3,675 40,315,208 5 377 3,636,524 15 3,298 36,678,688
2000 18 3,461 33,541,271 6 330 3,809,872 12 3,131 29,731,399
Illinois Coal Mine Employment
1996 - 2000
County 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Clinton 0 0 0 0 16
Franklin 0 0 0 0 229
Fulton 0 0 0 0 7
Gallatin 287 414 416 280 273
Jackson 38 32 34 19 0
Jefferson 428 491 468 446 556
Logan 218 250 235 238 224
Macoupin 778 750 721 726 656
McDonough 72 79 57 66 59
Perry 23 6 277 496 587
Randolph 265 267 261 239 200
Saline 893 908 923 1,052 904
Schuyler 0 0 39 37 37
Vermilion 68 71 42 40 41
Wabash 171 165 162 134 579
Washington 0 0 388 377 380
White 220 233 236 227 230
Williamson 0 0 0 0 30
Totals 3,461 3,675 4,259 4,377 5,008
2000 Preparation Plants
Company Name Mine Name Type of PlantAverage Percent Rejects
PlantCapacityTons/Hour
TonnageProcessed at Plant
American Coal Co. Galatia Mine Hvy Media 41 2,200 12,352,759
Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge Mine Water Jig 30 450 2,600,000
Black Beauty Coal Co. Wildcat HillsJig & HvyMedia
35 700 4,162,808
Black Beauty Coal Co.. Riola Mine Hvy Media 30 300 1,200,000
Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley MineJig & HvyMedia
35 700 (see note)
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine Hvy Media 15 300 108,806
Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Hvy Media 28 1,250 4,301,664
Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.
Crown II Jig Washing 25 1,500
Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.
Crown III Water Jig 30 1,200
Freeman United Coal MngCo.
Industry Water Jig 37 500 807,060
Illini Energry Resources Razorback Mine I Rotary Breaker 5 200
Illini Energry Resources Razorback Mine II Rotary Breaker 1 250 45,282
Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 Jig Washing 30 200 1,309,770
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Jig Washing 38 1,250 4,301,590
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 Water Jig 36 1,000 3,746,114
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart Mine Water Jig 36 650 3,027,867
Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Hvy Media 16 1,500 1,800,838
White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine Hvy Media 25 1,000 3,128,248
(Note: Eagle Valley Mine and Wild Cat Hills Mine use same preparation plant)
Railroads Hauling Coal
2000
County and Company Name Mine Name Railroad Name
TonnageShipped
Jackson
Knight Hawk Coal, LLCCreek Paum Mine
IC/CanadianNational
5,573
Jefferson
Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Burlington Northern 669,176
Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Illinois Central Gulf 1,076,402
Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake Mine Union Pacific 972,759
Macoupin
Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.
Crown II Burlington Northern 1,004,984
Freeman United Coal Mng.Co.
Crown IIIIC/CanadianNational
1,689,781
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Norfolk Southern 2,085,267
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 Union Pacific 305,477
Randolph
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 Union Pacific 2,182,028
Saline
American Coal Co. Galatia MineIC/CanadianNational
7,233,786
Wabash
Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine Norfolk Southern 1,517,688
White
White County Coal Corp. Pattiki Mine CSX 2,418,128
Average Man-Shift Production
2000
County and MineType
ReportsTabulated
Man-shifts
Tons Mined
Average Tons per Man-shift
Gallatin
Surface 1 38,125 1,244,915 32.7
Underground 1 68,814 1,954,593 28.4
Jackson
Surface 2 11,211 895,882 79.9
Underground 0 0 0 0.0
Jefferson
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 135,274 2,739,424 20.3
Logan
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 54,122 1,953,847 36.1
Macoupin
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 3 209,179 6,338,014 30.3
McDonough
Surface 1 21,287 506,629 23.8
Underground 0 0 0 0.0
Perry
Surface 1 3,394 76,281 22.5
Underground 0 0 0 0.0
Average Man-Shift Production
2000
County and MineType
ReportsTabulated
Man-shifts Tons Mined
Average Tons PerMan-shift
Randolph
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 70,225 2,420,000 34.5
Saline
Surface 1 39,146 1,086,164 27.8
Underground 2 228,497 9,382,788 41.1
Vermilion
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 15,680 995,000 63.5
Wabash
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 48,091 1,505,399 31.3
White
Surface 0 0 0 0.0
Underground 1 66,805 2,442,334 36.6
Physical Mine Characteristics
2000
County and Company Name Mine Name MineType
Coal Seam
SeamThickness
SeamDepth
2000 Seam Tonnage
Cumulative MineProduction
Gallatin
Black Beauty Mining Co. Wildcat Hills S IL #6 4.0 80 1,244,915 3,385,890
Coal Miners Inc. Eagle Valley UIL #5/Davis
4.53.5
250 450
1,044,022910,571
16,273,917
Jackson
Illini Energy Resources Razorback I S IL #6 7.5 70 100,762 617,666
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Crk. Paum S M’Boro 4 60 795,120 1,710,323
Jefferson
Consol Energy Inc. Rend Lake U IL #6 8 733 2,739,424 77,622,470
Logan
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart U IL #5 5.8 280 1,953,847 26,186,883
Macoupin
Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown I U IL #6 6 330 1,585,514 32,234,151
Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III U IL #6 7.2 360 2,073,543 15,767,838
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 U IL #6 6.8 330 2,678,957 67,226,324
McDonough
Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry S IL #2 2.3 50 506,629 8,713,048
Perry
Illini Energy Resources Razorback II SIL #5IL#6
3.57.0
80 60
11,902 64,380
76,282
Physical Mine Characteristics
2000
County and Company Name Mine NameMineType
Coal Seam
SeamThickness
SeamDepth
2000 SeamTonnage
Cumulative Mine Production
Randolph
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 U IL #6 6.5 265 2,420,000 29,324,683
Saline
American Coal Co. Galatia U IL #5 8 800 7,518,829 66,770,656
Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge U IL #5 6 300 1,863,959 15,410,211
Jader Fuel Co. Mine #4 SDavis/Dekven
4.02.5
129103
810,234 577,150
9,555,932
Vermilion
Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola U IL #6 5.8 250 995,000 2,470,271
Wabash
Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash U IL #5 6.7 850 1,505,399 67,342,361
White
White County Coal Corp. Pattiki U IL #6 7 1,006 2,442,334 28,762,722
Illinois Coal Seams
Danville (Illinois #7) Dekoven
Herrin (Illinois #6) Davis
Springfield (Illinois #5) Murphysboro
Colchester (Illinois #2)
Mode of Shipment
2000
County and Company NameMine Name Railroad
Railroador Truckto Barge
Truck or Truck to Railroad
Other Tons Shipped
Gallatin
Black Beauty Mining Inc. Wildcat Hills 0 1,244,915 0 0 1,244,915
Coal Miners Inc. Eagle Valley 0 1,957,672 0 0 1,957,672
Jackson
Illini Energy Resources Razorback I 0 0 100,762 0 100,762
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 0 511,830 283,290 0 795,120
Jefferson
Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 1,729,495 988,842 10,695 0 2,729,032
Logan
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 0 0 1,840,828 0 1,840,828
Macoupin
Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown II 1,004,984 0 555,702 0 1,560,686
Freeman United Coal Mng. Crown III 1,689,781 0 387,746 0 2,077,527
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,390,744 0 591,218 0 2,981,962
McDonough
Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry 0 0 539,462 0 539,462
Perry
Illini Energy Resources Razorback II 0 0 76,282 0 76,282
Randolph
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 1,178,638 1,003,390 224,489 0 2,406,517
Mode of Shipment
2000
County and Company NameMine Name Railroad
Railroad or Truck to Barge
Truck or Truck to Railroad
Other
Tons Shipped
Saline
American Coal Co. Galatia 648,516 6,585,270 114,583 0 7,348,369
Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 0 1,787,831 76,128 0 1,863,959
Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Jader #4 0 957,508 128,656 0 1,086,164
Vermilion
Catlin Coal Co. Riola 0 0 995,000 0 995,000
Wabash
Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash 1,517,688 0 0 0 1,517,688
White County
White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,140,934 277,194 0 0 2,418,128
2000 Coal Production per Month by County
County January
February
March
April
May
June
Gallatin 311,898 297,865 321,967 273,425 284,908 235,847
Jackson 54,604 56,878 57,334 74,813 102,986 102,176
Jefferson 274,339 330,743 287,886 187,673 287,931 197,947
Logan 176,253 189,694 185,346 166,813 172,774 178,351
Macoupin 557,195 366,905 651,311 580,712 639,717 543,908
McDonough 57,034 51,090 54,018 52,733 61,056 45,084
Perry 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randolph 208,000 232,000 242,000 222,000 229,000 217,000
Saline 900,381 764,888 904,877 957,283 1,009,580 812,585
Vermilion 85,293 89,346 92,972 60,517 83,510 83,930
Wabash 133,014 132,363 140,038 130,857 139,498 100,659
White 180,610 219,485 233,138 182,620 202,140 180,656
Totals 2,938,621 2,731,257 3,170,887 2,889,446 3,213,100 2,698,143
2000 Coal Production per Month by County
County July August September October November DecemberAnnual
Production
Gallatin 243,537 291,853 215,686 231,262 232,339 258,921 3,199,508
Jackson 98,369 118,257 77,987 56,673 48,505 47,300 895,882
Jefferson 196,010 193,660 119,890 254,208 220,038 189,099 2,739,424
Logan 157,639 183,309 163,058 147,203 113,722 119,685 1,953,847
Macoupin 435,028 564,585 654,252 573,022 294,542 476,837 6,338,014
McDonough 28,218 0 45,745 46,441 35,285 29,925 506,629
Perry 0 5,834 11,985 18,463 21,461 18,539 76,282
Randolph 114,000 165,000 187,000 220,000 197,000 187,000 2,420,000
Saline 753,737 961,722 812,872 901,844 863,967 825,216 10,468,952
Vermilion 83,761 95,402 79,106 79,515 80,031 81,617 995,000
Wabash 79,661 139,620 129,598 139,700 119,269 121,122 1,505,399
White 165,265 246,566 220,070 238,165 212,472 161,147 2,442,334
Totals 2,355,225 2,965,808 2,717,249 2,906,496 2,438,631 2,516,408 33,541,271
Mine Employment and Production
2000
County and Company NameMine Name Tons Mined
Number Employed
Gallatin
Black Beauty Coal Co.,Wild Cat Hills/CottageGrove
1,244,915111
Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley 1,954,593 176
Jackson
Illini Energy Resources LLC Razorback I 100,762 0
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 795,120 38
Jefferson
Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 2,739,424 428
Logan
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 1,953,847 218
Macoupin
Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown II 1,585,514 239
Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Crown III 2,073,543 214
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 325
McDonough
Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Industry 506,629 72
Perry
Illini Energy Resources LLC Razorback II 76,282 23
Mine Employment and Production
2000
County and Company NameMine Name Tons Mined
Number Employed
Randolph
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 2,420,000 265
Saline
American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 581
Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 1,863,959 226
Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 1,086,164 86
Vermilion
Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 995,000 68
Wabash
Amax Coal Co. Wabash 1,505,399 171
White
White County Corp. Pattiki 2,442,334 220
Cumulative Production of Coal in Tons by Counties
2000
County1999
Production
Total
Production County
1999
Production
Total
Adams 341,924 McDonough 506,629 11,348,451
Bond 7,355,569 McLean 5,544,139
Brown 74,068 Madison 164,295,772
Bureau 53,823,055 Marion 39,247,722
Calhoun 96,247 Marshall 12,516,141
Cass 212,477 Menard 13,462,005
Christian 358,959,916 Mercer 15,519,862
Clark 4,482 Monroe 8,284
Clay 801 Montgomery 141,824,660
Clinton 83,632,358 Morgan 190,787
Coles 210,930 Moultrie 2,032,236
Crawford 45,400 Peoria 96,718,740
Douglas 44,397,202 Perry 76,282 532,373,305
Edgar 2,295,898 Pike 5,081
Effingham 796 Pope 36,266
Franklin 720,987,818 Putnam 10,071,893
Fulton 318,608,365 Randolph 2,420,000 261,076,342
Gallatin 3,199,508 68,341,415 Richland 154
Greene 693,191 Rock Island 3,846,169
Grundy 40,872,430 St. Clair 367,370,806
Hamilton 6,172,927 Saline 10,468,952 283,488,701
Hancock 771,281 Sangamon 233,449,607
Hardin 40 Schuyler 15,732,422
Henry 22,910,053 Scott 612,476
Jackson 895,882 130,567,221 Shelby 4,119,763
Jasper 23,739 Stark 9,569,336
Jefferson 2,739,424 197,013,781 Tazewell 17,633,802
Jersey 120,350 Vermilion 995,000 169,348,694
Johnson 314,325 Wabash 1,505,399 65,570,810
Kankakee 19,192,105 Warren 685,466
Knox 65,896,605 Washington 58,845,645
LaSalle 65,547,638 White 2,442,334 29,732,160
Livingston 10,111,437 Will 37,553,733
Logan 1,953,847 40,720,251 Williamson 468,568,462
Macon 11,000,468 Woodford 7,810,160
Macoupin 6,338,014 381,394,909
Explosives Used in Blasting
Overburden and Coal
2000
Company Name Mine NameCaps orDetonators
Dynamite/Primers (Pounds)
Water Gel/Slurry(Pounds)
AmmoniumNitrate/FuelOil (Pounds)
Black Beauty Mining Inc. Wildcat Hills 80,200 70,854 5,183,980 15,992,360
Freeman United Coal Mng. Industry 7,928 17,015 0 3,750,950
Illini Energy Resources, LLC Razorback I 1,590 343 145,098 49,950
Illini Energy Resources, LLC Razorback II 13,690 4,312 19,065 561,750
Jader Fuel Co., Inc. Mine #4 48,261 23,992 0 22,518,570
Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum 180,690 15,399 603,737 6,147,335
Totals 332,359 131,915 5,951,880 49,020,815
Method of Mining with Longwall Units
2000
Company Name Mine Name
TonsProduced
Number ofLongwall Units
MachineShiftsUsed
Tons Loaded
American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 2 1,996 6,372,064
Consolidation Coal Co. Rend Lake 2,739,424 3 592 2,296,866
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 1 426 2,338,870
Method of Mining with Continuous Miners
2000
Company NameMine Name
TonsProduced
Number ofContinuous Miners
Machine Shifts Used
TonsLoaded
American Coal Co. Galatia 7,518,829 6 2,578 1,146,765
Big Ridge Inc. Big Ridge 1,863,959 3 n/a 1,863,959
Black Beauty Coal Co. Riola 995,000 2 n/a 995,000
Coal Miners, Inc. Eagle Valley 1,954,593 8 2,299 1,954,593
Consol Energy, Inc. Rend Lake 2,739,424 4 1,545 442,558
Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown II 1,585,514 3 1,559 1,585,514
Freeman United Coal Mng. Co. Crown III 2,073,543 5 1,526 2,073,543
Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 2,678,957 2 509 340,087
Old Ben Coal Co. Zeigler #11 2,420,000 6 1,377 2,420,000
Turris Coal Co. Elkhart 1,953,847 6 1,262 1,953,847
Wabash Mine Holding Co. Wabash Mine 1,505,399 4 1,043 1,505,399
White County Coal Corp. Pattiki 2,442,334 6 2,880 2,442,334